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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28
Both Haded.

Whenever the early and persi stem
cultivation of the full use of both hands
has been accomplished, the result is
greater efficiency, without any cores
ponding awkwardness on defect. In
certain arts and professions both hands
are necessarily called into play. The
slsillful surgeon finds an enormous adj
vantage in being ablo to transfer his
instrument from one hand to the other.
The dentist has to multiply instruments
to make up the lack of such acquired
power. The fenccr who can transfer
his weapon to the left hand places his
adversary at disadvantage. The
lumberer finds it indispensable. in the
operations Of his woodcraft. to learn to
chop timber right and lcft-handed; and
the carpenter may be frequently seen
using the saw and hammer in either
hand. and thereby not only resting his
arm. but greatly facilitating his work.
In all the fine arts the mastery Of both
hands is advantageous. The sculptor.
the carver, the draughtsman, the en-
graver and cameo cutter each has re-
course mt times to the left hand for
special manipulative dcxterity; and the
pianist depends little less on the left
hand than on the right.-Dr. Daniel
Wilson, president Of the Royal Society Of
Canada.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28
WISCONSIN,.

At Ahnapee. April 10, the Cream City
hotel, large frame structure. was burned.
Loss, $1,000; insurance 1900.
The Governor of Wisconsin, at the request
Of many influential citizen. has vetoed the
bill to prohibit stock gambling.
| The headless body OF man was found in
the Milwaukee river, near Huron street
bridge at Milwaukee, Thursday afternoon.
Several letters bearing the address of
James q. vieur, Muskego Center, Wauke-
sha, Wis, a picture Of a lady, and an un-
finished letter that he is supposed to have
written. were found in his coat pocket In
this incompleted letter the writer states, he
Is oisgusted with life and feels like commit
ting suicide. One of the letters bore the
date OF Feb. 5, 1887. From appearances it is
thought that the body had been in the river
for two or three weeks and that the head
was severed from the body by the wheel Of
some propeller.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

The police at Kieff and Odessa have dis
the imperial train in the event Of the cars
visiting Southern Russia.
Six of the men arrested for completely in
the plot to assassinate the czar, which was
to have been carried out March Is. have
been sentenced to death. Tho other conspir-
ators have been sentenced to imprisonment
for life.
The exhibition OF the French crown jewels
which are to be sold, was opened on the Goth,
in the Paris Louvre. Orders from America,
especially from the wives of United States
senators, indicate the probable destination
of the greater part of the jewels.
Nine tenants on Lord Lansdowne's Lug
garcurran estate were evicted. No resist
ance was offered Afterwards placards
bearing representations of cross bones and
collins were posted in J4istowel, threatening
with violence any man who should take q
farm from which the tenant had been
evicted At Mayo Bridge a woman resist
ed eviction, barricading her house and
throwing boiling water on the svictors,
who retired.
The Gar OF Russia has abandoned his
intention Of staying several weeks iu st.
Petersburg, and has returned to Gatschina.
This alteration OF plans is said to have been
made in consequence Of additional arrests
made on Easter Sunday, on the Newsky
those before reported arrested, all OF whom
had taken positions along that thoroughfare
to make fresh attempt on the cars life
A chorister in the Military Academy
church committed suicide by jumping from
window Of his house. On being searched
~ - he I'D
rendezvous. Dynamite, arms and revolu
tiOnary documents were found
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28

snow falling attended by high wind, and
heavy rains where there was no snow. Sey-
en- inches of snow we're reported at Eau
Claire, Wis, and three inches were reported
from Minnesota points. At La Crosse, Wis,
violent wind with snow prevailed. The
ferry boat Warsaw, on her last trip, was
blown aground with a dozen teams on board.
The teams and q portion Of the passengers
were obliged to pass the night there.
Attorney General Clapp, upon a question
submitted to him from Barnesville, holds
that a village incorporated under the Cen
eral Law of lsSlis a separate election dis
trict. The Attorney General after an ex-
haustive discussion Of the law says: "Judge
Collins, Of the Seventh Judicial district of
this state, in q recent case involving the
question here under consideration. after
careful review OF the subject, decided that
villages incorporated under lhe general
laws Of 1885 are separate election districts.
This decision is entitled to great weight,
and it is proper to state, has been the con-
trolling element in the conclusion expressed
in this opinion. 1t has been quite generally
considered that the villages under considera-
tion were not separate election districts. In
der this holding itappears that the electors
OF such villages have no right to vote at
town meetings, and that villages and towns
should be regarded as separate election dis
tricts for the purpose Of general elections"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28

with furious rain and hail, some Of the
stones being l3 inches in circumference.
During the storm a peculiar phenomenon
was witnessed. Balls of fire seemed to be
falling at an angle Of 45 deg. They struck
the ground and. bursting into myriads OF
fiery flakes, rebounded several hundred
feet toward the east and died away. On
the farm of Richard Hardness, in
Linn Co., Kansas, he, his wife, four
children, and Miss Minick Of Oakland, H..
visiting the family, were in the house.
The building was taken up bodily and
carried two hundred yards and dropped in
an orchard. crashing upon large apple
tree. All the occupants were hurt Very
seriously, and Mrs. Hardness was killed.
The force of the storm was appalling and
wonderful freaks were performed by the
wind. 1t Is reported that several persons
The portion of Arkansas touched was in
the vicinity of Little Rock, along the line of
the Little Rock Il Fort Smith road. Near
Coal Hill and Clarksville, johnson county,
the damage was very serious and many
persons were injured. Four miles from
Clarksville John Reeds child q. X. Bowley's
daughter and child Of Mr.. Petty
were killed. A man named Phillips, near
Ozark, was seriously injured by falling tim
ber. The loss to farmers and buildings,
fences, stocks and growing crops il very
heavy. The cyclone passed through the
town Of Blossom Prairie, Texas, doing
heavy damage, but no lives were lost. The
storm moved north. Nearly every busi-
ness house in the village was moved from
its foundations and several dwellings were
unroofed. 1t did great damage 10 fences
and orchards i'll the country.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28

The Illinois Central Railroad Company
has purchased outright its leased lines in
Iowa.
Fire at McGrcgor on the 18th destroyed
the following property: The machine shop
of John Hellwig, loss ea,OOO no insurance;
warehouse OF the Chicago, Milwaukee a. st.
Paul Railway company, loss 81 $50: 5. j.
s., ,oo,, insured in the North British for 500;
Bassett, Hunting e. Co., grain lin railroad
warehouse, loss $l,GN, insured $500 in the
North British and $500 in Phoenix of New
York. The wind blew gale, and for time
It looked as il the entire town wsuld burn.
| The first suit under the Interstate COM
merce law was begun at Dubuque, on the
I'D, in the federal court against the Chi
cagO. Milwaukee a. st. Paul roa l by the
Dubuque Jobbers and Manufacturers as
Sociation under the long and short-haul
clauses Of the interstate laws. The allega-
ton is that the road charged 33 cent rate
on certain commodities in hardware from
Chicago to Adams. Mimi, distance of
:33i miles and q IS cent rate from Dubuque
to Adams, distance Of l5u miles
In regard to the Haddoek trial, it is re-
ported from Sioux City, that friends OF
Arensdorf and the other defendants openly
SAoW Iuc DltIcIcSt AAlulSS1iy IOWAIu Ouukc
Lewis for his action in SO promptly dis
charging the jury. AtOnawa, where Judge
Lewis was holding court. he was met in the
street by Robert Cole, a Sioux City partisan
Of Arensderf. Cole charged Judge Lewis
with unfairness. The judge replied
s.Neither you nor your crowd can run me or
my court 1t is pretty well understood
that the state will now first prosecute Mum.
chratch or Granda before giving Arensdorf
q new trial. George Trieber, another Of the
defendants, now in Germany, will almost
certainly be witness for the state in the
| next trial. A good deal OF important aew
| evidence has been discovered by the state
since the trial of Arensdorf closed. L. L.
Murphy, who was associated with counsel
| Tor the state for time, today began suit
for his fee, and the property of DR.. Bedford
was attached for $SOO. DIR. Bedford was
one of the committee who it is claimed en-
ployed Murphy, who is United States dis
| trict attorney, to aid in the prosecution. AT
the beginning of the trial Of Arensdorf Muir
ply withdrew, claiming that he had no.
been paid.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28
DAKOTA.

Tho Deadwood Merchants National
Bank resumed business on tho 18th, with
abundant funds.
By large majority Watertown has
voted for complete system Of water
works. the water to be taken from Lake
Kampeska.
Six hundred more patents have just been
received by the United States land Office
in Huron, but will not be ready for
delivery for q few days.
At Sioux Falls, on the 10Th, the directors
Of the penitentiary elected Daniel G.
Glidden. Warden, a selection that is said to
give general satisfaction.
At Huron, on the 18th, in the district
court Frank +. Stevens, ex-county
treasurer, indicted for embezzlement. was
found not guilty by the jury on the Judges 8
order
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
ALEXANDER MITCHELL,


Alexander Mitchell, the famous millionaire
and railway magnate Of the Northwest,
died rather suddenly at the Hoffman house
at New York City, at 2:25 Tuesday after
noon, April 10, Of bronchial pneumonia,
complicated by intermittent malarial
fever. He had passed the winter at his
Florida residence, where his wife still is,
and reached New York April 2. In the
Southern climate be contracted malaria,
and was quite i'll on reaching New York,
but until the Wednesday before his death had
not been confined to his room. His remains
have been forwarded to Milwaukee for
burial. Mr.. Mitchell was born Oct. IL, 1917,
in the parish of Ellon, Central Aberdeen
shire, Scotland. Ellon is about midway be-
tween Aberdeen and Peterhead, and six or
eight miles back from the North sen coast.
In this quiet farming region his father, John
Mitchell, was an industrious and substantial
farmer, q man of vigorous intellect, self
reliance and prObity. He was Of English
stock, his father having removed to Aber-
deenshire about the middle OF the eighteenth
century. Mr.. Mitchell's mother was OF pure
Scottish descent. Alexander was the sixth
Of nine children of John and Margaret Len
drum) Mitchell; all OF the nine grew up to
maturity, but only two now survive. Alex
ander grew up on his fathers farm, under
the care Of his eldest sister, Margaret, his
mother having died in his childhood. He
enjoyed the advantages Of the parish schools,
which seem to have been OF an unusual
high character.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28
Domestic News

A teamsters strike In Montreal has as
sumed serious aspect, the police being
called oul. -
James s. Delano, formerly Of Galesburg,
Ill and ex-deputy second controller OF the
treasury, is dead.
Thousands of dollars worth of spurious
Virginia bonds have been unloaded in
Boston and New York.
On the 10Th, a dynamite explosion ut the
new aqueduct. New York, killed two Ia
borers and seriously injured five others,
1t is believed that several fishing vessels
were wrecked and their crews lost on the
coast of Northumberland in the severe
storm of last week.
The directors of the Western Union Tele
graph company by "a two-thirds vote have
Increased its capital Sl,a0O, 900, making a
total capital of ssl 100000.
Two employees of tho Union Steel Com
pany of Chicago came to blows and were
discharged. One of them belonged to the
knights of Labor. His assembly demanded
his reinstatement, and on refusal ordered
out 200 workmen.
Telegrams from several points i'll North
western Louisiana report that q drouth OF
several weeks duration was broken Sunday
| night by copious rain.
At New York city, Thursday morning
about 800 storekeepers, clerks and Others
| were arrested by the police for sweeping
dust into the street in defiance to the
mandate of Mayor Hewitt.
| The property and franchise of the Penn
sylvania Slatington Il New England rail
road sold for $4,000 w. w. Gibbs o
Philadelphia was the purchaser. The pur
chase was said to be in tho interest of thu
Standard Oil company.
At Washington, vault with capacity fol
holding lOO,OOO,0OO standard silver dollar
| will be constructed in the court yard ad
joining the treasury building. 1t will be O
wrought iron encassd in brick concrete ne
asphalt walls, fire, water and burgla
proof.
Prof. James Law, of the national burea,
of animal industry, and the live stock con,
missioners of Illinois are Systematically ex
amining the cattle in Chicago which hav
either been exposed to or are alleged to b
afflicted with pleuro- pneumonia. Abou
l, 500 head have been slaughtered
| About week ago the Toledo, Ann Arbo
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28

George w. Childs has two maxims
which stand him in good stead. They
are: '.Do the best and leave the rest. :"
and "What can't be cured must be en-
dured." These bits of philosophy and
the habit of taking long walks keep
Mr.. Childs in a state of unruffled tenn
per. He is a great pedestrian. He
will not 60 anywhere in vehicle if he
can travel OH foot. He walks from his
own house to his Office and back every
day. As he had recovered from his
recent fall he insisted on resuming his
walks
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28

The editor of the New York Indcpen-
dent claims to have discovered that
..Arthur Richmond who has so
viciously attacked Secretary Bayard
and Mr.. James Russell Lowell through
the columns of an eastern magazine, is
no other than Gail Hamilton, Mr..
Blaine's cousin, whose real name is
Abigail Dodge. 1t is more than prob
able that Gail is the party. The ar.
,icles are quite in her style; their
venom and vigor bear very close re.
ssmblance to the same qualities that
have been displayed in other Of hel
political writings.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28

THOMAS f. MURPHY, deputy col
lector of internal revenue at Augusta.
Me-. refuses to testify in a "liquor-
nuisance" ease, on the ground that he
is public officer and his testimony
might reduce the internal revenue in
tho district. The Sheriff seized Murphy
for contempt of court, but he persisted
in his refusal.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28

hat shall do TO be forever known!
Thy duty ever
This did full many WHO yet sleep unknown. =
oh. never, never.
Think'st thou perchanse that they remain un-
known
Whom thou know'pt not?
By angel trGmpe in Heaven their pra.ee Is
blown.
Divine their lot.
Nv hat shall do to gain eternal life.
Discharge Alright
The eimpie duties with which day 10 ri:.
Yea, With thy might.
Ere perfect scheme OF action th0a devise
Will life be fed;
While he who ever acts o. CO .ecicnce cries.
Shall live. though dead.
II Schiller
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28

WHEN debate on the Ecclesiastical
bill began in the Lower House OF
the Prusian Diet Prince Bismarck
declared that if the bill was rejected he
would abandon his Office as President
of the Ministry of State for Prussia and
devote his entire time to the service OF
the Empire.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28
COUNTRY LIFE AND WORK.
HOW SPRING CAME.

HOW SPRING CAME.
A South wind blew, and set the snow a-melt-
Ing.
And bade the little brooks begin to run,
From changeful skies soft April rains came
pelting.
And wore away the white drifts. every one.
And then-out shone the golden April sun.
The little brooks ran fast. with liquid laughter,
Through field Aid forest spreading the glad
word;
now drops woke hrst; hepatca came after:
II Was not long before the volets beard:
And then out ssng thankful Little bird.
So sweet, 1t set the woodlands heart a.ttrob-
bling.
And al the m-adows smilcd to biossoming:
The brooks laugh softened to . happy eobbibg
And very little. longing, living thing.
crept forth to round the miracle OF Spring.
Mrs.. F;.H in Harper. Young People
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28
Fires and Casualties.

The ocheco print works, at Dover, n. H.,
were destroyed by fire on the 10th, which
originated in the hot room go operatives
are thrown out Of employment from four to
six months. Loss $2O0,OOO.
Half the business portion OF Kennebunck-
port, Me-. was destroyed by fire on the 10Th.
and the New England Brick works at Dav-
enport, Mass, were burned up the same
night. In each case the loss is large.
At Connellsville, Pa, a pit Of the Davidson
coke works caught fire Sunday afternoon in
a small air shaft near the entrance and
apread rapidly to the mine. The miners
were quickly notified and all escaped but
three men who were suffocated Tie fire in
the mine had not been put out on Monday.
On the 10th, fire destroyed the freight
docks Of the New York Central Railroad
company. An oil tank OF the Standard Oil
company had been leaking for some time
past That morning spark from passing
boat set fire to the Oil. The total loss will be
100000.
On the 10Th passenger train on the New
York Central railroad met with an accident
near st. townsville. An enormous land
slide threw the engine from the track. The
engineer, Edwa rd Cannan. was killed, and
the fireman, Z. Wylie of Albany, bad a leg
broken. The only passenger injured was
George Van Allen Of Oneida, and he not
seriously.
At an early hour on the 10Th, on End Av.
New York City, double five-story
tenement house burned and the police had
great difficulty in rescuing the inmates.
All escaped except Richard Gilladorf, who
was severely burned about the foot and
removed to the hospital. After the fire the
charred body OF Bridget Hughes: an aged
woman, was found on the top floor She
had been burned to death in her bed.
Aspecial from Victoria, B. c., gives an
| account of terrible ship wreck. accom-
panied by the loss of 33 lives, which took
place off the coast of Oregon, about 30 miles
north OF Cape Flatterty, during the early
part Of the month. For some time past con-
siderable anxiety has been felt regarding
| the schooner "Active," having on board i've
Swedes and % Clayaquete Indians, and
| which was long over due. The schooner was
owned BY Guttman a. Co., of Victoria, and
was registered at 40 tons.
A Sunday horror occurred at Palatine,
ILL.,, at p. M, while large number Of
people were viewing the wreck of two
freight trains at that place. when the
immense water tank, containing Sl,teO
gallons OF water burst The tank was a
huge affair, constructed of upright oak
planks, twenty -four feet long and four
inches thick. While the crowd were
/ gaping at the wreckers, sharp crack was
heard above, and the people scattered in
all directions. Nothing further happened
and the crowd again gathered. Suddenly,
without further warning, the great iron
hoops holding the timbers in place burst
| simultaneously. The flooring and supports
remained intact, but the rest of tho struc-
| ture and its burden OF water was:projected
in all directions upon the people below,
| crushing and smothering them horribly.
Five were killed, two fatally injured aud
two seriously hurt.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28

THE marquis of Lothian. the new
secretary for Scotland, is the head of
the Ker (Kerr or CARR family. The
kers of Cessford played great part
in ancient border fcuds against the
SCOTS. In 1.-The Lay of the Last
Minstrel" is memorable prophecy
that the quarrel between these two
houses wound never be settled. But il
was. in 1869, by marriage.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28

w. w. STORY has finished i'm Rome
u statue of Christ in Arab dress, the
head bound with scarf, and the
shoulders covered by square mantcl.
The figure is that of tall, slender
Young man, with the left hand resting
on the breast and the right extended.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28

The late John L. RAYMOND was
grandson of the once noted and famous
..Hardshell anti-Mission" Baptist
preacher, William Thompson Of the
White Water valley, Eastern Indiana.
His mother, a Mrs. Olive. lived in lndi-
annapolis ten years ago.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28

THE number of emigrants from Ger
many who passed through Hamburg,
Bremen, and Stettin during the year
1886 was 66,671, or decrease of over
$4,000 from the previous year, when
$4,000 persons left the Empire.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28

NJ. LEcoNTE Isle, who has been
installed in Victor Hugo's chair in the
French academy, looks like an old Puri-
tan minister. with his smooth, passion
less face, cold gray eyes. thin lips and
long white hair. brushed smoothly
hacl
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28

SEVERAL years ago resident OF
Meanwhile, X. J., purchased silk hat
to wear ut his wife's funeral He has
only worn it three times since. but each
time at the funeral of wife. II is but
little worn and is in style.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28

MRs. CHARLES w. PETERSON, the
widow of the late Mr. Peterson. editor
of the Philadelphia magazine, Peter
sons magazine, has determined to as
sume the work of publishing and cdi-
ting the periodical herself. She has
been for years associated with her hus-
hand in the editorship.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28

Miss HUBBARD. the daughter of
Gardner G. Hubbard, and sister of Mrs.
Alex Graham Bell, is to marry her
brother-in-law, Mr.. Charles Bell. a
cousin of the aboye-named, early in
May, and 60 to Europe for the summer.